Week 3 b Future Development

This week in order to develop my sustainable future, I decided to look at carrying capacity as mentioned in the lecture. This calculator (http://dashboard.carryingcapacity.com.au/) is designed to work out the total carrying capacity, that is the maximum amount of people that Australia can manage.

To develop my sustainable regional settlement, I looked into the categories in which you could manipulate percentile statistics. (Food- (Waste)-Climate- Agriculture-Textiles-Fuel-Timber-Infrastructure and natural reserve)

The list above gives a broad range of what society needs to function. I would firstly like to add water, it is a precious resource and my future society will need to have sustainable water management. Possibly through water recycling (grey water) and the use of water tanks. More than likely filtration systems will be needed in order to use rain water and catchment of surface water for human means.

The link below is Melbourne's (Victoria, Australia) state governmental site which addresses water and waste usage.

City of Melbourne. 2012. Environmental Policies. http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/AboutCouncil/PlansandPublications/strategies/Pages/Environmentalpolicies.aspx

The image above demonstrates Melbourne water budget, effective use of water is essential in a sustainable society.


City of Melbourne. 2012. Environmental Policies. http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/AboutCouncil/PlansandPublications/strategies/Pages/Environmentalpolicies.aspx

Secondly, this week I would like to develop the basis of waste management. As a sustainable society of possibly 500? roughly z 411 lecture theater in my mind is achievable. It would be possible to farm/ use agriculture to provide the basic food necessities, thus removing a substantial amount of waste from the system. However, a small society would not be able to produce technology/ exist as a closed loop system. For products that do produce waste, a Japanese style recycling system would be used and policy developed to enforce correct management.

The below site gives an insight into how Japan, minimizes waste and maximizes recycling.
http://voices.yahoo.com/what-americans-learn-japans-waste-treatment-594171.html

I think a boarder around the community could act as a barrier to many pollutants. A central entrance, collection and distribution building could be used where community members are employed to pack/ unpack and sustsuainably manage outside waste.

Next thought, Energy?